Jigsaw sales are up 19%, Warehouse has a cool new designer and Karen Millen is no longer naff. Here's how to revisit your old favourites two decades on

Slap bands, scented gel pens, the Rachel haircut and shell suits. Right Said
Fred, high-tops, Chuckle Vision and frosted lips. The 1990s was a glorious
time, when you could go down the shops and buy a crystal-embellished crop
top from Morgan for £10, a neat little shoulder bag from Kookaï for £30, or
(oooh, you naughty thing) an FCUK logo tee for an exorbitant £40. I’m still
gutted my mum wouldn’t let me have one.

While the high street predated the 1990s — Miss Selfridge had been booming
since the 1960s — it did not define the way in which women shopped, which
was mainly in local boutiques. This was the decade when the high street
exploded with British chains. Then, in the early Noughties, they came under
fierce competition from overseas with the arrival of H&M, Zara and
Mango, among others.